Exploring Hyperspace with Raytracing and Transparency

Authors

Adam Wayment, Brigham Young University
Dr. Robert P. Burton, Brigham Young University

Keywords

hyperspace, raytracing, transparency, computer imagery, realism

College

Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Department

Computer Science

Abstract

Raytracing is a technique used by artists and scientists to generate computer imagery with a high degree of realism. Mathematicians have long established the ease and elegance of generating mathematical objects that exist in four or more dimensions. Because raytracing is an elegant abstraction of the process of representation, my aim is to show that raytracing may be extended to more than three dimensions so as to produce images that are consistent with the properties of dimensional space and vision.

Recommended Citation

Wayment, Adam and Burton, Dr. Robert P. (2014) "Exploring Hyperspace with Raytracing and Transparency," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014: Iss. 1, Article 1182.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1182